India will buy extremely lethal drones from America, DAC approves proposal before PM Modi’s US tour

MQ-9 Reaper Armed Drone Deal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday (June 15) passed a proposal to buy Predator MQ-9B Reaper (MQ-9B Reaper) drone from American company General Atomics ahead of US visit starting next week. India will buy 30 such drones from America. The Indian Navy already has these two drones on rent. MQ-9B Reaper is considered to be the deadliest drone in the world.

The deal for the purchase of drones is about three billion dollars – sources

News agency PTI quoted sources as informing that MQ-9B Predator drones will be purchased from the US to increase the surveillance equipment of the armed forces along the border with China. This is a purchase deal of about three billion dollars, for which the Ministry of Defense has shown the green signal.

Announcement may happen after Modi-Biden meeting

PM Modi and US President Joe Biden are going to meet at the White House next week, it is expected that this drone purchase deal will be announced after the meeting of the two leaders.

People aware of the developments said that in a meeting of the DAC on Thursday, the proposal to buy the drone was approved. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

These drones can play many roles including maritime surveillance

There are two variants of the MQ-9B Reapers drone, which are known as Sky Guardian and Sea Guardian. The ‘Sea Guardian’ variant has been procured for all the three armed forces of India. These drones can be used in maritime surveillance, as well as can play a variety of roles including anti-submarine warfare. According to sources, out of 30 drones to be purchased from America, 14 can be handed over to Navy while Air Force and Army can get eight drones each.

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